In pics: What happened across the world on December 20

Bangalore, Dec 20: As India continued to fight against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's ill-treatment by the United States, Syrian government continued to drop explosives in Aleppo.

Aleppo has been targeted amidst the civil war the country is currently facing. The air campaign has killed more than 100 people in the recent days.

Meanwhile, In Paris, British-born photographer Kate Barry, daughter of the actress and singer Jane Birkin, died at age 46, after falling from the window of her fourth-floor Paris flat. Many were seen at her funeral, including French singer and former first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy

OneIndia News brings to you news from across the world in pictures.

In Aleppo

A woman carries a child out of a building after a blast at the building in Aleppo, Syria .

In Sudan

Noor Othman Mohammed, is escorted off a U.S. military plane by U.S. Air Force troops after his release from Guantanamo Bay, upon his arrival at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan .

In Moscow

Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky is escorted to a court in Moscow , Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he will pardon his arch-enemy Khodorkovsky who has spent the past 10 years in prison on tax evasion and embezzlement charges.

In Paris

French singer and former first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy leaves the funeral of former British photographer Kate Barry after a memorial ceremony at Saint Roch Church in Paris .